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Rad racer Indian version Anyone ever seen one of these?

Picked this up and wanted to know if anybody has any info about this company. There is very little information about the Indian gaming industry during the nes age, but what I have been able to learn is that Samurai has been producing Nintendo games since the nes and is still distributing Nintendo wii games in India legally with permission from Nintendo. Whenever reading any article written by an Indian referring to the nes the samurai brand is named leading me to believe that all nes games in that country were distributed by that company. I have only been able to find a few blurry pics of these games and the only other game I can confirm is super Mario bros. my current thought is that this company may have been something like playtronic. The pcb looks to be a legit Nintendo board so I do not believe this is a pirate.

Very nice! Samurai carts don't pop up too often, many collectors aren't even aware of them. This is my first time seeing a Rad Racer. The last Samurai cart I saw was back in 2007 and it had an all-black label with "samurai tv game cartridge" written on it. They aren't pirates, Samurai was the official distributor for NES in India, similar to how Playtronic distributed in Brazil, etc.

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You know, Quality Control isn't exactly a top priority when it comes to India.

I'm willing to bet that even the multicart is legit, only run without a license. Meaning, I'm willing to bet that Samurai *was* a legitimate company that legitimately had NES licensed games...only they also did Unlicensed too.

I bought a Samurai version of Wrecking Crew on ebay a few years ago. It has the same label design as the Rad Racer, same legit pcb, and same light grey shell. Since then, I've also seen auctions for Kung Fu and Metroid.

You know, Quality Control isn't exactly a top priority when it comes to India.

I'm willing to bet that even the multicart is legit, only run without a license. Meaning, I'm willing to bet that Samurai *was* a legitimate company that legitimately had NES licensed games...only they also did Unlicensed too.

Indian goods were actually top notch in the late 80's early 90's. Sometimes the designs are maybe what we would consider slightly odd but in terms of the actual quality are excellent

From what i have been able to learn, these were "official" releases the same as playtronic in Brazil. Due to India's trade agreements during the time that these games were released all products had to be manufactured and distributed by Indian companies and it seems the way nintendo worked around this was to subcontract the manufacture of these game to Samurai, who by the way is still releasing nintendo games for the wii in India. The release date seems to be sometime in the early 90s but by that time there were alot of knockoffs in the indian market. That ccombined with the fact that India was at the time not a very big market for video games makes these game very rare due to small production runs. I can't say with 100% certainty that these games were "official" releases but the fact that this company currently has a solid relationship with nintendo in India leads me to believe that these were released by Nintendo.